Contents
CHAPTER I — IF NECESSARY, ALONE 9
CHAPTER II — DAVID AND GOLIATH 23
CHAPTER III — THE VICTOR’S DILEMMA 43
CHAPTER IV — INTUITION ON THE MARCH 64
CHAPTER V — SEARCH FOR A BLUEPRINT 79
CHAPTER VI — THE GRAND DESIGN 97
CHAPTER VII — THE POWER OF THE WEHRMACHT 120
CHAPTER VIII — FÜHRER PRINZIP IN PRACTICE 135
CHAPTER IX — FROM COSSAC TO SHAEF 142
CHAPTER X — PRELUDE TO OVERLORD 158
CHAPTER XI — FORECAST AND FORTITUDE 185
Part Two — THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY 197
CHAPTER XII — ASSAULT FROM THE SKY 197
CHAPTER XIII — ASSAULT FROM THE SEA: I — UTAH AND OMAHA 217
CHAPTER XIV — ASSAULT FROM THE SEA: II BAYEUX AND CAEN 232
CHAPTER XV — THE FIRST EVENING 244
CHAPTER XVI — THE FIGHT FOR THE FOOTHOLD 258
CHAPTER XVII — THE BATTLE OF THE BUILD-UP 275
CHAPTER XVIII — CAEN THE CRUCIBLE 297
CHAPTER XIX — ATTENTAT! ATTENTAT! 328
CHAPTER XX — THE BREAK-OUT 343
CHAPTER XXI — FALAISE AND PARIS 364
Part Three — THE ROAD TO BERLIN 390
CHAPTER XXII — THE CLOSING JAWS 390
CHAPTER XXIII — ROOSEVELT AND THE BALKANS 401
CHAPTER XXIV — THE GREAT ARGUMENT 412
CHAPTER XXV — THE TIDE OF FORTUNE 429
CHAPTER XXVI — THE ROAD TO ARNHEM 451
CHAPTER XXVII — THE LOST OPPORTUNITY 476
CHAPTER XXVIII — THE GERMAN RECOVERY 491
CHAPTER XXIX — THE AUTUMN STALEMATE 514
CHAPTER XXX — THE FÜHRER’S FINAL GAMBLE 534
CHAPTER XXXI — THE MEUSE AND THE VISTULA 554
CHAPTER XXXII — STALIN’S GREATEST VICTORY 575
CHAPTER XXXIII — THE FINAL COLLAPSE 603
APPENDIX A — A NOTE ON SOURCES 655
APPENDIX B — THE HIGH COMMANDS 665
REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 673